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Holiday Messages Made Easy

Laughing all the Way to Work

I just received this article written by Lynn Gaertner-Johnston of Syntax Training and wanted to pass it along to you as it has some great tips for holiday messaging. I know you will be spending the holidays without your wife, Kathryn, for the first time. Words for Holiday Messages. Happy holidays! Happy holidays!

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Top Ten Countdown of Best Business Tips for 2012 – Part 1

Step It Up VA Coaching

While brainstorming ideas for my last two articles of this year, I knew I wanted to share something with you that would lead you into 2013 with renewed energy and motivation. As I sat thumbing through this year’s articles for inspiration, I had one of those fabulous “Ah-hah!” by Donna Toothaker. and it hit me—let’s do a recap!

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Last Minute Tips to Generate Business During the Holidays

Step It Up VA Coaching

Here are a few last-minute tips so your business doesn’t stall while you and everyone else — are enjoying the holidays. Put the word out in your ezine, blog, and social media, before you head out for the holidays. What better time than the holiday season to connect with people? Have an end-of-season sale.

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5 Ways to Thrill Your Customers (Because a Thank You Email Just Doesn’t Cut It Anymore)

Success

According to the Echo 2012 Global Customer Service Barometer , only 7 percent of U.S. What if you searched out cool articles about clients’ hobbies and shared them? The document listed every client along with a mailing address, the gift that the client received last year and the holiday message included with that gift.

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UK: Easter retail suffers cold weather slump

The Small Business Blog

Despite the expected retail boost of an early Easter the dreadful weather over the holiday meant that retail sales slowed in March, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC). over the same period in 2012, this was down from the 2.7% over the same period in 2012, this was down from the 2.7%

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Ecommerce Driving Steep Declines in Retail Foot Traffic

Small Business Labs

  It's from the Wall Street Journal article Stores Confront New World of Reduced Shopper Traffic. in 2012 and 14.6% The startling chart below shows shows retail foot traffic is rapidly and dramatically declining. The data firm tracked declines of 28.2% in 2011, 16.3% But people aren't just buying online.

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The 2014 Productivityist Holiday Gift Guide

Productivityist

I have written that I use them in a blanket statement here , but the sheer number of them here compelled me to mention it in this article as well. Information Amazon holiday shopping' (Note: Many of the links above are affiliate links. Also, I’ve not listed pricing as it can vary from country to country.

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